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“SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 74--TO PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3539” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Senate section on pages S12312 on Oct. 3, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 74--TO PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE
ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3539
Mr. BROWN submitted the following resolution; which will lie over, under the rule:
S. Con. Res. 74
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring); That the action of the Acting President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in signing the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes, is rescinded and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall, in the reenrollment of such bill, add the following section at the end of title XII:
SAC. 12 . CONSTRUCTION OF RUNWAYS.
Notwithstanding section 332 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996
(109 Stat. 457), or any other provision of law that specifically restricts the number of runways at a single international airport, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate funds under chapters 471 and 481 of title 49, United States Code, for any project to construct a new runway at such airport, unless this section is expressly repealed.
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